That's just an 'appeal to authority'.
No-one knows or cares who made the statement, it may as well have been 'water is wet', it was useless and adds nothing but noise.
No-one knows or cares who made the statement, it may as well have been 'water is wet', it was useless and adds nothing but noise.
I have replied to my initial comment with provide some additonal context: https://news.ycombinator.com/edit?id=28752431. Hope that helps.